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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Higher and higher

How about a little jump into the sky? These skate boarders never cease to amaze me, I must say. I would love to do this! I took this photo in the same park where I took the windmill photo - the one called Paris Texas. They installed several skate board facilities there and teenagers love them. Hope your Easter week-end goes well, here it's freezing cold...

Wow, perfect timing on your photo! I've got 3 skateboarders at home and grew up in the skateboard era when all the kids in my high school were skaters (or surfers) or usually both!We've taken my oldest to the skateboard park a few times and he loves it! Didn't know the kids were into it there too, another new thing I've learned from your photos!Have a happy Easter :)

lol yes i'm up late, i've been doing some late research, i'm tired but Skater Boy woke me up! I should be going to bed soon. Thought i might say Happy Easter to Michael and Eric but they're out partying OBviously... so have to be tomorrow.

Thanks, Michael. I'm glad you like it. I needed a change. You, too, look very jaunty. Like apres ski.

Eric, I've taken another look at this photo and another thing strikes me about it besides the free flow quality, the fabric, the sail. It's the simplicity. There are so few elements: the "track," the athlete, and the skateboard. That's it. Or so it would seem. But then you've also got sky, wind, movement, even the sound of the skateboarder's wheels on cement (or whatever the surface is). There's so much in this simple picture! It's a good thing you didn't add color, too, it would have been overwhelming.

Michael, I took it with a rather wide angle (and forgot that the Iso was set to "night", but that's another story...)

Thanks Justine, I like the "infinite" impression you get from it.

Tall Gary, thank you too ;) Actually I took several pics of this guy and he really was amazing.

Yes Petrea a lot of people took off for this long weekend. Which I like because everything slows down during these periods. I like your new photo ;) It's your birthday today?! Joyeux anniversaire to you...

Funny cause skate boarders always look like the kind of guys who are more interested in relationships with concrete ramps than with actual people. Not true then...

Claire "you could definitely have fun with this in photoshop." I agree ;)

Crazy Daisy. Was he crazy about Daisy?!

Actually Tanya, I thought skate boarding was not big anymore, but apparently they build ramps and facilities so I suppose there is still demand.

Actually Guille, I try to use B&W as little as possible, because like I said here last year or so, I think B&W photos are "lazy" photos. Sometimes, you have no choice, it just looks better in black and white.

Welcome to the family Louis la vache! It's a great honor to have you among us.

Lynn I take thousands of photos and sometimes I trash them all! And, I'm NEVER happy with what I post. But that's me, and it applies to almost everything in my life!!

Pipini ;)

Tonton, spring has sprung. That means you can now have dinner outside without freezing your derrière off?! Or is it still as cold as when we had the PDP party last June?

Recently, I saw the same kind of ramp, covered by snow, for snowboarders ; that is very spectacular, too. I always hope it is not too risky for them ... Going higher and higher : a good motto for these champions!

To answer Petrea's question above: I wanted to be first because when there is a new posting of Eric's with zero comments it gives one a chance "To go where no one has gone before," but I feel uncomfortable being lauded for that. Better to let someone like Michael take the prize.

Thank you everyone, for the birthday wishes. The Beatles! Thanks, Tall Gary. And Monica, the card is hilarious. I'm way behind in Facebook and will probably never catch up but I opened it and laughed out loud. Loved it.